Take-up mechanism for spinning, winding, or doubling machines.



E. E. BRADLEY.

TAKE-UP MECHANISM FOR SPINNING, WINDING, 0R 'DOUBLING MACHINES.APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1915.

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EDWARD E. BRADLEY, OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ATWOODMACHINE COMPANY, STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TAKE-UP MECHANISM FOR SPINNING, WINDING, OR DOUBLING MACHINES.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Stonington, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Take-UpMechanism for Spinning, WVinding, or Doubling Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby a greater numberof take-up bobbins or spools may be mounted in a row in a certain lengthof machine space than heretofore, which object is accomplished bystaggering the pairs of guides for the bobbin gudgeons, and therebybringing the ends of the adjacent gudgeons closer together than wherethey were arranged in alinement.

My invention more particularly comprises in a machine of the characterset forth, a bank of brackets provided with arms ar ranged in pairs,each arm having in one side a bearing guide in one plane for the gudgeonof one bobbin and in its other side in another plane a bearing guide forthe gudgeon of an adjacent bobbin, the two guides on each arm thus beingoffset and the guides for the row of bobbins being arranged in pairs instaggered order so that alternate bobbins will be arranged in alinement.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in top plan so muchof a spinning, winding or doubling machine as will give a clearunderstanding of my invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken inthe plane of the line AA of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a view in perspectiveof one of the brackets.

The usual supporting bars of the machine are denoted by 1, 2,'the usualguides by 3, the usual friction driving pulleys by 4, the usual bobbinsor spools by 5 and their gudgeons by 6. Each of the bank of bracketscomprises a central web 7 which is clamped to the bars 1, 2, by thescrew 8 and bottomplate 9. This web 7 of the bracket connectsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Application filed May 8, 1915. Serial No. 26,808.

two arms 10, 11, which arms, in the present instance, are shown asprojecting outwardly from the web 7 in both directions for carrying tworows of bobbins.

The outer end of the arm 10 is provided with a vertically arrangedbearing guide 12 in one plane on one side thereof for the gudgeon of onebobbin, and a vertically arranged bearing guide 13 in another plane onthe other side thereof for the gudgeon of the adjacent bobbin. These twoguides 12 and 13 are offset from each other. The other arm 11 of thebracket is similarly provided with a vertically arranged bearing guide14 in one plane on one side thereof for the gud geon of one bobbin and avertically arranged bearing guide 15 in another plane on the other sidethereof for the gudgeon of the adjacent bobbin. These two guides 14, 15,are offset from each other. The guides 12 and 1% are in one verticalplane and the guides 13 and 15 are in another vertical plane. Theoffsetting of these guides permits the bobbins of the row to be arrangedin staggered order with alternate bobbins in alinement thereby enablingthe bobbins to be brought much closer together than heretofore where allthe bobbins were in alinement. This enables many more bobbins to beplaced in a row than heretofore thus materially increasing the output ofa machine of a predetermined length.

What I claim is In a machine of the character described. a bank ofbrackets provided with arms arranged in pairs, each arm having, in oneside thereof, a bearing guide in one plane for the gudgeon of one bobbinand in the other side thereof in another plane a bearing guide for thegudgeon of an adjacent bobbin, the two guides of each arm being thusoffset and the guides for the row of bobbins being arranged in pairs instaggered order so that alternate bobbins will be arranged in alinement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name this third day of May, 1915.

EDWARD E. BRADLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents! each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

